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* There are 45,000 cases in the United States every year and this type of carcinoma has the fastest increasing incidence of any malignancy in the thyroid.<ref name=Radiopaedia2015>{{cite web | title = Papillary thyroid cancer [Dr Yuranga Weerakkody and Dr Frank Gaillard et al.].Radiopedia 2015| url = http://radiopaedia.org/articles/papillary-thyroid-cancer Accessed on November, 4 2015 }}</ref> | * There are 45,000 cases in the United States every year and this type of carcinoma has the fastest increasing incidence of any malignancy in the thyroid.<ref name=Radiopaedia2015>{{cite web | title = Papillary thyroid cancer [Dr Yuranga Weerakkody and Dr Frank Gaillard et al.].Radiopedia 2015| url = http://radiopaedia.org/articles/papillary-thyroid-cancer Accessed on November, 4 2015 }}</ref> | ||
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* Papillary thyroid cancer (as is the case with follicular thyroid cancer) typically occurs in | *Papillary thyroid cancer (as is the case with follicular thyroid cancer) typically occurs in middle-aged individuals, with a peak incidence in the 3rd and 4th decades. | ||
* | *Most commonly manifests in individuals between the ages of 20 to 55.<ref name="pmid9541309">{{cite journal| author=Takashima S, Sone S, Takayama F, Wang Q, Kobayashi T, Horii A et al.| title=Papillary thyroid carcinoma: MR diagnosis of lymph node metastasis. | journal=AJNR Am J Neuroradiol | year= 1998 | volume= 19 | issue= 3 | pages= 509-13 | pmid=9541309 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9541309 }} </ref> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]
Overview
The incidence of papillary thyroid cancer is approximately 16.3/100,000 for women and 5.6/100,000 for men in 2008 in United States. Females are more commonly affected with papillary thyroid cancer than males. The female to male ratio is approximately 3:1.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
- The incidence of papillary thyroid cancer is approximately 16.3/100,000 for women and 5.6/100,000 for men in 2008 in United States.
- There are 45,000 cases in the United States every year and this type of carcinoma has the fastest increasing incidence of any malignancy in the thyroid.[1]
Age
- Papillary thyroid cancer (as is the case with follicular thyroid cancer) typically occurs in middle-aged individuals, with a peak incidence in the 3rd and 4th decades.
- Most commonly manifests in individuals between the ages of 20 to 55.[2]
Gender
- Papillary thyroid cancer is commonly found in women of childbearing age.
- It is more common in women with female to male ratio of approximately 3:1.
References
- ↑ Accessed on November, 4 2015 "Papillary thyroid cancer [Dr Yuranga Weerakkody and Dr Frank Gaillard et al.].Radiopedia 2015" Check
|url=value (help). - ↑ Takashima S, Sone S, Takayama F, Wang Q, Kobayashi T, Horii A; et al. (1998). "Papillary thyroid carcinoma: MR diagnosis of lymph node metastasis". AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 19 (3): 509–13. PMID 9541309.